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TIL of the Halfway to Hell Club, a exclusive club reserved only for workers who built the Golden Gate Bridge who fell off the bridge and was saved by the nets spread under it.

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kOd47 TIL about Robert Landsberg, a photographer who upon realisation that he is going to die in the Mount St. Helens eruption of 1980 lied down on top of his equipment to preserve the photographs he had taken of the event.
awwyo Pyrocumulus clouds tower tall above a wildfire in these photos taken last week from an Oregon National Guard F-15C. Most cumulus clouds form when the sun-warmed surface heats air, causing it to rise and carry moisture upward where it condenses to form clouds. In pyrocumulus clouds, the driving heat is supplied by a forest fire or volcanic eruption. The hot, rising air carries smoke and soot particles upward, where they become nucleation sites for condensation. Pyrocumulus clouds can be especially turbulent, and the gusting winds they produce can exacerbate wildfires. In some cases, the clouds can even develop into a pyrocumulonimbus thunderstorm with rain and lightning.
a8bxJ TIL about the Mass Transit Incident, where a 17 year old lied about his age to be allowed to participate in a hardcore wrestling match and was later sent to the hospital after 2 of his forehead arteries were severed by a scalpel during the match.
OG1A4 TIL A shipment containing 55 Oscar statuettes was stolen in the weeks leading up to the 2000 awards. 52 were found a week later in a supermarket dumpster, 1 was found in a drug dealers mansion in 2003, and 2 are still missing.
xVRkw Today I learned that after gaining independence from France, Haiti was later forced to pay reparations to former slave owners